Expedition photographs
Scott’s Southern Party with Mount Erebus behind
Historical recordCataloged expedition photograph: Scott and other members of the expedition stand by fully loaded sledges on a flat snow field. They wear full trekking gear. Mount Erebus in background.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Captain Scott and the Southern Party. Mount Erebus in Background. January 26th 1911
- Artifact date
- 26.1.1911
- Creator
- Ponting, Herbert George
- Holding institution
- Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Scope of evidence
The record establishes artifact provenance, not modern speculative Antarctic claims.
The Southern Party, 1911. Public-domain 1922 book reproduction. Book reproduction crops out the end members at left and right, most sledging equipment, and the mountain backdrop. Do not describe this crop as showing the entire party or Mount Erebus.
Herbert G. Ponting, The Great White South, 1922 New York edition; Wellesley College Library scan via Internet Archive.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public-domain 1922 book reproduction. LOC edition record confirms the work is public domain/free reuse; actual scan supplied by Wellesley College Library via Internet Archive, not LOC or SPRI.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- image reproduction provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/greatwhitesouthb00pont
- image reuse conditionshttps://www.loc.gov/item/23026514/
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/collection/photos-british-antarctic-expedition-1910-13-ponting-collection/p2005-5-214
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